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Backblaze has stopped backing up OneDrive and Dropbox folders and maybe others

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Re: Backblaze has stopped backing up OneDrive and Dropbox folders and maybe others

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Post by snowwrestler »

omnimus wrote: post #420
moffkalast wrote: post #370

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Bidirectional auto file sync is a fundamentally broken pattern and I'm tired of pretending it's not. It's just complete chaos with wrong files constantly getting overridden on both ends. I have no clue why people still use it and I'd cut my losses if I were you, either backup to the cloud or pull from it, not both at the same time like an absolute tictac.

I also have no clue why people use it. You can build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting an FTP account, mounting it locally with curlftpfs, and then using SVN or CVS on the mounted filesystem. From Windows or Mac, this FTP account could be accessed through built-in software.

This reference is 19 years old this month, in case anyone who recognized it was still feeling young.

Re: Backblaze has stopped backing up OneDrive and Dropbox folders and maybe others

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Post by tehbeard »

Vegenoid wrote: post #275

AFAICT Backblaze does back up .git directories. I have many repos backed up. The .git directory is hidden by default in the web UI (along with all other hidden files), but there is an option to show them. You should try downloading one of your backed up git repos to see if it actually does contain the full history, I just checked several and everything looks good.

Does the UI atleast hint there's hidden files or is it only by going to the filters you can find this out?

It seems incredibly stupid for a BACKUP PROGRAM to not list the hidden files instead of indicating they're hidden (e.g. _(hidden)_.git)

Re: Backblaze has stopped backing up OneDrive and Dropbox folders and maybe others

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Post by mrwetsnow »

fwiw, the .git files are being backed... but..

1. You have to check "show hidden files" in the web ui (or the app) when restoring and

2. If you restore a folder that has a '.git' folder inside of it (by checking it in the ui) but you DID NOT check "show hidden files", then the '.git' (or any other hidden file/folder) does not get restored.

Which is.. unexpected.. if I check a folder to restore, I expect *everything* inside of it to be restored.

But the dropbox folder is, in fact, not there. Which is a surprise to me as well. :(

Re: Backblaze has stopped backing up OneDrive and Dropbox folders and maybe others

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Post by gadders »

Anamon wrote: post #506
gadders wrote: post #487

I've been on Backblaze for a few years now, ever since Crashplan decided it didn't want individuals to use its service any more. It's always been just janky. A bad app that constantly throws low disk warnings and opens a webpage if you click anywhere on it. Being told the password change dialogue in the app doesn't work and having to use the website etc etc. Just all round not an experience that inspires confidence.…

But Crashplan also had an absolute abomination of a bloated, sluggish, Java-based client.

It was a bit, but I never found it as bad as Backblaze.

Re: Backblaze has stopped backing up OneDrive and Dropbox folders and maybe others

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Post by physicles »

julianozen wrote: post #346
julianozen wrote: post #335

We are going to drop blackblaze over this We discovered this change recently because my dad was looking for a file that Dropbox accidentally overwrote which at first we said “no problem. This is why we pay for backblaze” We had learned that this policy had changed a few months ago, and we were never notified. File was unrecoverable If anyone at backblaze is reading this, I pay for your product so I can install you on…

Also taking recommendations for a simple services I can install on my dads windows machine and my moms Mac that will just automatically backup the main drive to the cloud just in case

Installed Carbonite on my parents’ computer something like 15 years ago, and it still works (every now and then my dad tells me he used it to recover from a bug or a mistake).

But I have no idea where the company currently sits on the spectrum from good actor to fully enshittified.

Re: Backblaze has stopped backing up OneDrive and Dropbox folders and maybe others

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Post by lazide »

omnimus wrote: post #420
moffkalast wrote: post #370

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Bidirectional auto file sync is a fundamentally broken pattern and I'm tired of pretending it's not. It's just complete chaos with wrong files constantly getting overridden on both ends. I have no clue why people still use it and I'd cut my losses if I were you, either backup to the cloud or pull from it, not both at the same time like an absolute tictac.

I also have no clue why people use it. You can build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting an FTP account, mounting it locally with curlftpfs, and then using SVN or CVS on the mounted filesystem. From Windows or Mac, this FTP account could be accessed through built-in software.

Obvious. Explorer even has support built in for transparent ‘native’ gui support. I’m not even sure why you felt the need to explain it in detail. Next you’ll be explaining how to walk. (/s, I loved it)

Re: Backblaze has stopped backing up OneDrive and Dropbox folders and maybe others

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Post by bombcar »

computably wrote: post #496
bombcar wrote: post #405

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We all know the "nobody has watched this video in ten years, login at least once or it'll be yeeted" email is coming, someday.

YT would have to start declining in growth pretty substantially for that to be the case. All the 360p video from 2010-2015 probably doesn't take up even 1% of the storage new videos added in 2025.

True, it's more likely to be aimed at stemming the tide of 4k video that nobody watches - but luckily they're worth more than Disney right now so we don't have to confront that ... yet.

Re: Backblaze has stopped backing up OneDrive and Dropbox folders and maybe others

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Post by Dylan16807 »

srdjanr wrote: post #452
burnte wrote: post #445

Earlier quoted context omitted.

1 out of a thousand people might do that, the others will buy the product. That's why people use it, most people don't want to build everything themselves.

It's a reference to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863

But as usual it forgets the "For a Linux user" part.

If we remove the whole linux section and just ask "why not map a folder in Explorer" it's a reasonable question, probably even more reasonable in 2026 than in 2007. The network got faster and more reliable, and the dropbox access got slower.

Re: Backblaze has stopped backing up OneDrive and Dropbox folders and maybe others

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Post by Barbing »

samfriedman wrote: post #345
tedivm wrote: post #253

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Google does not have unlimited. I had to pay to increase my storage.

Google Drive reneged on unlimited storage for Education accounts once they realized that universities also contain researchers who need to store huge amounts of data.

Massive fraud from abroad didn't help there either. A favorite backup spot for terabytes of pirated media, complete with guides on which schools had good @edu addresses for it.

Hadn't even considered your obvious point, a good one!

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